Grassland Yellow Finch (Sicalis luteola)
About the Grassland Yellow Finch
The grassland yellow finch (Sicalis luteola) is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is not a finch, but is a seedeater. These were formerly united with the buntings and American sparrows in the Emberizidae, but are now known to be tanagers. It is a resident in tropical South America, from Colombia south and east to the Guianas and central Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Birds which breed further south in Argentina and Uruguay migrate to Bolivia and southern Brazil, (the cerrado etc.), in the austral winter. There are also isolated populations in Central America and Mexico. It was discovered on Trinidad in 2004, presumably having colonised from nearby Venezuela. Also known from Barbados, certainly since 1960 if not earlier.
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1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 205 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Bright-rumped Yellow FinchSicalis uropigyalisprofile
- Citron-headed Yellow FinchSicalis luteocephalaprofile
- Greater Yellow FinchSicalis auriventrisprofile
- Greenish Yellow FinchSicalis olivascensprofile
- Monte Yellow FinchSicalis mendozaeprofile
- Orange-fronted Yellow FinchSicalis columbianaprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.